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New England Patriots defensive tackles Chris Jones and Joe Vellano earned big paychecks based on their play in 2013.

Jones and Vellano were the Patriots’ big winners in the NFL’s performance-based pay distribution, which rewards players who outplay their contracts, especially late-round picks and undrafted players. Each team divvies out $3.46 million to players based on performance.

Jones, the Patriots’ top earner, was awarded $232,313 after playing 51.68 percent of the Patriots’ snaps.

good for them, they played outstanding, especially for undrafted guys. hell they played outstanding for any dt in the nfl, 5+ sacks and 50+ tackles for the pair of em their rookie year? these guys will only get better